Cinema: The New Pictures, May 12, 1947

The Two Mrs. Carrolls (Warner) is a melodrama about a daft painter who
subtly murders one wife after another. It was a Broadway hit chiefly
because it provided a superb five-finger exercise for one of the
trickiest actresses in the tradeElisabeth Bergner. With the less
versatile Barbara Stanwyck in the Bergner role, the story is merely
thin and shabby.

There are some pleasantly grim noises made by cathedral bells. Once in a
while, especially when the second Mrs. Carroll begins to suspect what
she is up against. audience spines register an authentic chill. But...